A Checklist of Coastal Fauna of South-Eastern Nigeria

Temitope Onuminya1, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe1, Victor Oroleke2

1 University of Lagos, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 23401, AKOKA, Nigeria; 2 University of Lagos, , Nigeria

Corresponding author(s): Temitope Onuminya (tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng)Oluwatoyin Ogundipe (oogundipe@unilag.edu.ng)

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Resource Citation

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O (2022): A Checklist of Coastal Fauna of South-Eastern Nigeria. v1.2. University of Lagos. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=se_animals_checklist&v=1.2

Abstract

This is a checklist of Coastal Fauna of South Eastern Nigeria.

Keywords: Checklist, South-East Nigeria, Costal animals, Birds, Arthropods, Inventoryregional

Project details

Project title: Implementation of the Biodiversity Information and data System for Coastal Ecosystems in Nigeria - BID-AF2020-022-NAC
Personnel: Temitope Onuminya, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Victor Oroleke
Funding: GBIF-BID Grant
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Nigerian Coastal Environments

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=se_animals_checklist

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The record includes members of the phylum Arthropoda and Chordata.

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The area covered include Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states of south-eastern Nigeria.
Coordinates: 5°15'18.24''N and 7°4'5.47''N Latitude; 6°27'35.86''E and 8°44'42.42''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1992 - July 1, 2020

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive A Checklist of Coastal Fauna of South-Eastern Nigeria
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=se_animals_checklist
Publication date of data: 2022-07-21
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-07-17
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Lucy Chinomsso et.al(2020) Assessment of water quality and plankton Taxa of Nworie river In Owerri, Southeastern Nigeria.Journal of environmental science,Toxicology and food technology, Vol 14 pp 43-51

Lucy Chinomsso et.al(2020) Assessment of water quality and plankton Taxa of Nworie river In Owerri, Southeastern Nigeria.Journal of environmental science,Toxicology and food technology, Vol 14 pp 43-51

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